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To the end where it all began: Ribbon Ribe

Let’s go to the omega, the end of the Frisia Coast Trail. To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town of Scandinavia. A town...

Happy Hunting Grounds in the Arctic

If you want to find out who is responsible for killing the whale, the Frisia Coast Trail area is the prime spot to look. When you stop...

History is written by the victors – a history of the credits

New York City, the Capitol of the World. Other names are Gotham, Modern Gomorrah, The Big Apple, Empire City and Bagdad-on-the-Subway....

Merciless medieval merchants

The earliest proof of Frisian merchants, or kāpmon in Old Frisian language, trading in slaves dates from the seventh century. It was...

The Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe

“Is seaport the Maasvlakte the gateway of northwestern Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it...

The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat

In this post we will explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...

Haute couture from the salt marshes

It was not the city of Parisius. Nor that of Lundenwic. Believe or not, the early-medieval center for expensive cloth and chique clothing...

How the porcupine gave birth to the U.S. buck

On May 5th, 2018, it was exactly two centuries ago that Karl Marx was born. When in 1867 the good man published the first part of Das...

In debt to the beastly Westfrisians

This post is about the harsh history of the 'beastly' Westfrisians, and especially those of the town of Medemblik. Medemblik, grande dame...

Clinton: "I did not have financial relations with that village"

On May 28, 2011 Bill Clinton held a speech in Achlum. The village has some 600 inhabitants. Looks like a small audience to me. What was...

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